Man does Portuguese star’s reputation no damage whatsoever

Slow down ladies, the man pictured above isn’t Portuguese man-o’-sex Cristiano Ronaldo, but 21-year-old professional impersonator Jaime Wright. He commands a fee of up to £800 per day working for Fake Faces (an agency which also offers the worst John Terry look-alikes known to man), and has been using his powers for evil of late.

The People have published an interview where Wright claims to have tricked his way into the private boudoirs of up to five beautiful women:

“I was in a club in Manchester and these three girls just came up and said ‘You are Ronaldo’. I didn’t say that I was and I didn’t say that I wasn’t. We went back to a hotel and had a great night.

“Some of the girls haven’t realised I am not the real deal until the next morning.

“I just say to them, ‘I’ve got something to tell you’. Luckily they always find it funny.”

Jaime Wright should be applauded not only for being able to pull off this kind of sexy trick, but also for finding five women in the UK who the real Ronaldo hasn’t already slept with. Seriously, that must’ve taken some extensive research.

[The Offside]

South American club tricked by handsome imposter

Before Mexico manager Sven-Goran Eriksson came to prominence in the UK, British men with bad eyesight, grey locks and a vastly receding hairlines had nothing in their lives except drab offices, crossword puzzles and avoiding people’s glances on the train. After the Swede romped his way to power, however, one such man has managed to make a full-time career based on his similarity to the randy manager. His name is Derek Williams, and he has been using his special gift since 2005 - you can see him in the picture above recreating a typical day at Eriksson HQ.

Recently, the Sven-alike has been using his dashing visage to make Mexicans look like damned fools:

[Williams] was given a tour of Primera División outfit Universidad Nacional’s stadium - the Estadio Olímpico Universitario - yesterday morning after sending the club falsified documents which appeared to have come from the Mexican football federation. According to Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, nobody spotted the deception until the federation themselves released a statement later in the day.

Williams could have used his powers to earn hugely inflated severance packages from top teams, or to bed any unscrupulous secretary/ television personality in the world. Williams decided to use it to get tours of stadiums. And they say George Best wasted his gift…

Spoiler bonus: If you would like to book Derek for a social event or to give you access to a foreign stadium that is open to the public anyway, click here.

[The Guardian]